Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Oct/Nov 2014 - Featuring Louise Hay | Page 53

By creating space to tell our stories, express
our roles, talents, concerns, and visions;
we move more fully into connection with
one another. Sharing sacred space with
women who wish to encourage, challenge
and support each other is a blessing. A
circle of women who learn to share in a safe
container learn to trust each other. Trust is
the alchemy that produces a sanctuary of
transformation.
The energy that flows through circle is
divinely guided and facilitates so much clarity
and profound healing. Together we face our
shadows. We hold space for each other. We
witness the joy and sadness of this earth
walk for one another. We remember that
we are not alone. We agree to do what ever
it takes to live authentically in mind, body,
heart, and spirit.

When women come together in
community, we change the world.
•  e learn to remove our
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masks.
•  e have permission to
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relax into who we are in the
moment.

Everything the Power of the World
does is done in a circle. The sky is

WISDOM & SELF-GROWTH

I have deep respect for the women in my
circle. We’ve laughed, cried, freaked out
and felt like we were going crazy at times.
We lost our way and found ourselves
again. We worked in partnership preparing
delicious food and sharing meal together.
We drummed, sang and cackled like mad
women. We received heartfelt healing in the
sweat lodge that we built together on sacred
land. We felled trees, dug the holes, tied
the supports and blessed our sacred lodge.

round and I have heard that the earth
is round like a ball and so are all the stars.
The wind, in its greatest power, whirls.
Birds make their nests in circles,
for theirs is the same religion as ours.
The sun comes forth and goes down
again in a circle. The moon does the the
same and both are round. Even the
seasons form a great circle in their
changing and always come back again
to where they were. The life of a woman
is a circle from childhood to childhood.
And so it is in everything where power moves.
Black Elk, OGLALA SIOUX (1863-1950)

• We can be vulnerable or

strong.
• We can participate or pass.
• We learn that we are not

responsible for what other
people think.
• We don’t have to accept

or respond to others’
projections.
• We can simply show up.

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